The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates
By: Stephen King
In this story
we find some interesting words and we want to share with you these and their
meaning.
1. Thwacking (verb): To hit something, making a short, loud sound.
Pronunciation: /Thwa - kuhng/
Sentence where
we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
She is thwacking her bag.
The air is thwacking his face.
John is thwacking on the table with his pencil.
Your mother is thwacking the door.
2. Scolding (noun): The act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of
their behavior.
Scolding (Adjective): Showing that you disapprove of someone's behavior.
Pronunciation: /Skowl - duhng/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
She
is scolding her son.
The
teacher is scolding the student.
She´s scolding her feckless classmates.
My dad is scolding my uncle.
3. Overheard (verb): To hear what other people are saying without
intending to and without their knowledge.
Pronunciation: /Ow-vuh-huhd/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
I
overheard in the hall that we have a meeting.
I
overheard some people talking about it.
I
didn´t wanted overheard your secret.
She
overheard my conversation with him.
4. Beads (noun): A small, often round piece of plastic, wood, glass, or other material with a hole through it, which is put on a string to make jewelry such as a necklace
Pronunciation: /Beedz/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
I
forgot the beads in the school.
I
lost your beads.
The
beads are falling on the ground.
I
saved my beads in a box.
5. Grief
(noun): Very great sadness, especially at the death of someone.
Pronunciation: /Greef/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
She
feels grief because he is not here
The
grief is my partner since I lost her.
She was grief that day.
In this moment the grief is too
much.
6. Acquaintances (noun): A person whom you know but do not know well
and who is therefore not exactly a friend.
Pronunciation: /Uh-kwayn-tns/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
I
have some acquaintances in my job.
I
asked some acquaintances about it.
I
have an acquaintance who is a doctor.
My neighbors are my acquaintances.
7. Critters (noun): a creature.
Pronunciation: /Kri-tuhz/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
The
critters are under my bed.
She
still thinks there are critters in the closet.
The
dog is full of critters.
There
are some critters in the tree.
8. Shrewish (adjective): (of a woman) Unpleasant, easily annoyed, and arguing a lot.
Pronunciation: /Shroo-uhsh/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
I felt shrewish in the meeting.
He is shrewish with his neighbor.
She was shrewish yesterday.
Her daughter has the same shrewish.
9. Beneath (preposition): In or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or something.
Pronunciation: /Buh-neeth/
Sentence where we find the word:
Example sentences with this word:
The train is beneath the bed.
The cat is sleeping beneath the
table.
The cat is sleeping beneath the
table.
The secretary is beneath the C.E.O.
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